Joel A. Machiela
@machiela.bsky.social
Library dude. Rock star. Dog, two kids, a wife. Abolish ICE
It’s nice seeing all of these former White Sox pitchers doing well for themselves elsewhere. It would be nice to keep one every once in a while, though.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It’s nice seeing all of these former White Sox pitchers doing well for themselves elsewhere. It would be nice to keep one every once in a while, though.
I think a lot of people have never really experienced the idea of not getting what you want simply because you want it.
Oh, I can’t get/watch/listen to a thing? I guess my only option is to steal it rather than consuming any of the 18 million billion other forms of readily available entertainment.
Oh, I can’t get/watch/listen to a thing? I guess my only option is to steal it rather than consuming any of the 18 million billion other forms of readily available entertainment.
I dont think pirating books is evil or anything, obviously sometimes that happens for whatever reason but i find it fundamentally bizarre to act like its a revolutionary act
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think a lot of people have never really experienced the idea of not getting what you want simply because you want it.
Oh, I can’t get/watch/listen to a thing? I guess my only option is to steal it rather than consuming any of the 18 million billion other forms of readily available entertainment.
Oh, I can’t get/watch/listen to a thing? I guess my only option is to steal it rather than consuming any of the 18 million billion other forms of readily available entertainment.
Fewer Steely Dan uncles, please.
"Thanksgiving should be an opportunity to respectfully put our differences aside—to laugh about our shared memories and strengthen our familial bonds. Instead, my uncle lectures me about the production quality of the band’s Grammy Award-winning album Aja."
Thanksgiving Is Always Ruined by That One Uncle Obsessed with Steely Dan
There are so many reasons to look forward to Thanksgiving. There’s the food, of course, but there’s also the chance to reconnect with our families ...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fewer Steely Dan uncles, please.
Once again I have not been nominated for GQ man of the year.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Once again I have not been nominated for GQ man of the year.
This can also be applied to popular movie franchises.
my pie take is that taste is subjective and just because you don't like something doesn't mean its bad
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This can also be applied to popular movie franchises.
Krampus is too mainstream. We need a new, even weirder, bit of holiday folklore.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Krampus is too mainstream. We need a new, even weirder, bit of holiday folklore.
I go back and forth between this and “God Only Knows” for best song ever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I go back and forth between this and “God Only Knows” for best song ever.
Do any White Sox fans have an idea whose signature this is? It’s from my mom’s 1959 pennant.
It’s not Minoso, his signature is elsewhere on the pennant.
#WhiteSox
It’s not Minoso, his signature is elsewhere on the pennant.
#WhiteSox
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Do any White Sox fans have an idea whose signature this is? It’s from my mom’s 1959 pennant.
It’s not Minoso, his signature is elsewhere on the pennant.
#WhiteSox
It’s not Minoso, his signature is elsewhere on the pennant.
#WhiteSox
Reposted by Joel A. Machiela
FYI, your library has movies you can check out for the holiday weekend. They may have toys, board games, or activity kits to check out for the kids and grandkids.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
FYI, your library has movies you can check out for the holiday weekend. They may have toys, board games, or activity kits to check out for the kids and grandkids.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
Reposted by Joel A. Machiela
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
They’ve gone too far with basketball floors.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
They’ve gone too far with basketball floors.
Reposted by Joel A. Machiela
The small local businesses are not the ones who are donating money to the ugly ballroom that is destroying the once beautiful White House. Boycott the large and greedy American corporations.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The small local businesses are not the ones who are donating money to the ugly ballroom that is destroying the once beautiful White House. Boycott the large and greedy American corporations.
Odds are that there are a bunch of such bands that play to mostly empty rooms in every mid to large city. Seek out local music. Chat up the musicians. Buy their records.
no offense but i hope we get back to emo music with distorted guitars and good singers again soon
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Odds are that there are a bunch of such bands that play to mostly empty rooms in every mid to large city. Seek out local music. Chat up the musicians. Buy their records.
This is how Ben Franklin did it in the Bible.
The only rad way to deep fry a turkey is to slam dunk that frozen motherfucker right into a pot of boiling oil with your bare hands. Anything less is pure cowardice.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is how Ben Franklin did it in the Bible.
They’re all good movies, Brent.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They’re all good movies, Brent.
Had a minor breakdown because I had to replace our toilet and the pipe hole flange doohickey wasn’t anything like the YouTube videos led me to believe it would be. Everything sucks.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Had a minor breakdown because I had to replace our toilet and the pipe hole flange doohickey wasn’t anything like the YouTube videos led me to believe it would be. Everything sucks.
Reposted by Joel A. Machiela
The first trial of a man accused of raping his wife while living with her happened in Salem. A new book by @sarahweinman.com takes a look back at the case and its impact— paired with an expected twist 38 years after the initial trial.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The first trial of a man accused of raping his wife while living with her happened in Salem. A new book by @sarahweinman.com takes a look back at the case and its impact— paired with an expected twist 38 years after the initial trial.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
He was the best Dracula.
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
He was the best Dracula.
Can someone in Chicago steal me a Kimball brown line sign?
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can someone in Chicago steal me a Kimball brown line sign?
I think it’s been about two years since I finished act two of my musical. Just finished writing the lyrics to the first act three song. It’ll be all finished by 2043.
#RealisticGoals
#RealisticGoals
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think it’s been about two years since I finished act two of my musical. Just finished writing the lyrics to the first act three song. It’ll be all finished by 2043.
#RealisticGoals
#RealisticGoals
Steven Van Zandt has been 75 for 25 years.
Happy 75th birthday, musician and actor Steven Van Zandt. 🎂 #EStreet
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Steven Van Zandt has been 75 for 25 years.
Asking my wife if we already had a can of cranberry gloop, and she said she was going to make her own gloop. That’s fine and all, but I need my damn Ocean Spray gloop.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Asking my wife if we already had a can of cranberry gloop, and she said she was going to make her own gloop. That’s fine and all, but I need my damn Ocean Spray gloop.
Learning about Gilbert’s old toys was one of the more interesting things to do at the Gilbert House here in Salem, Oregon.
These days, kids have to learn about lanthanides and actinides on the street. This wasn't always true.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Learning about Gilbert’s old toys was one of the more interesting things to do at the Gilbert House here in Salem, Oregon.
She looks so damned happy and emotional that everybody’s singing her song—it’s great.
youtube.com/watch?v=-Oo1...
youtube.com/watch?v=-Oo1...
Lola Young - Messy (Glastonbury 2025)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
She looks so damned happy and emotional that everybody’s singing her song—it’s great.
youtube.com/watch?v=-Oo1...
youtube.com/watch?v=-Oo1...
Watch as one lucky fan gets to suit up and start at linebacker!
5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Pittsburgh Steelers game — plus our Week 12 predictions
5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Pittsburgh Steelers game — plus our Week 12 predictions
Could this be the last time the Chicago Bears have to deal with Aaron Rodgers? Here’s what to watch in the Week 12 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Watch as one lucky fan gets to suit up and start at linebacker!